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Mār-Gabbāri

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Mār-Gabbāri (lit. 'son of Gabbāri'), used for Bīt-Gabbāri ('house of Gabbāri'), is the dynastic name of Sam'al. The name appears in inscriptions of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.

Romanized Name(s):
Mār-Gabbāri

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 208
RLAss 11, 600-601

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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